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This position supports MSD's Engagements, Effects and Survivability Team, providing advanced analytical expertise to assess technologies supporting Aviation engagements, effects, survivability, mission effectiveness, and emerging capability gaps across current and future Army Aviation operational environments. Support model credibility, verification, validation, and configuration control activities by preparing and presenting technical artifacts to Validity Control Boards (VCBs), documenting model assumptions and limitations, and implementing VCB-approved changes to AFSIM and other Government-directed modeling and simulation tools.

Software Engineer/Architect- (Physical Modeling & Simulation Engineer)Overview: JHNA is seeking a Physical Modeling & Simulation Engineer to support our Aviation customer within the Mission Systems Division (MSD), Technology Development Directorate-Aviation - Systems Integration Division, located at Fort Eustis. This position supports MSD's Engagements, Effects and Survivability Team, providing advanced analytical expertise to assess technologies supporting Aviation engagements, effects, survivability, mission effectiveness, and emerging capability gaps across current and future Army Aviation operational environments.The ideal candidate brings deep experience applying AFSIM and related M&S tools to real-world military problems and works effectively at the intersection of operational analysis, technology development, and mission survivability.Roles/Responsibilities:<ul><li>Assist the Government in identifying and addressing existing and emerging capability gaps by evaluating new operational concepts, tactics, and techniques enabled by advanced aviation technologies.</li><li>Conduct operational task analysis and collaborate closely with Government engineers, analysts, and technology developers to: Analyze required capabilities, allocate technologies to mission capabilities, Identify technology shortfalls, Support development of technical requirements.</li><li>Support development, integration, and execution of modeling and simulation environments for manned–unmanned teaming, survivability, and mission effectiveness analysis.</li><li>Assist in scenario design, scripting, and test vignette development to exercise advanced autonomy, teaming behaviors, and threat interactions.</li><li>Provide engineering support for software integration testing and model verification within live, virtual, and constructive simulation frameworks.</li><li>Conduct mission-level survivability and effectiveness assessments using government-approved M&S tools to evaluate advanced threats and countermeasures.</li><li>Support post-simulation data analysis and report generation documenting findings, limitations, and recommendations.</li><li>Assist with risk assessments and substantiation documentation supporting test readiness and simulation credibility.</li><li>Plan and execute Modeling & Simulation (M&S) studies and other analytical efforts in support of survivability and mission effectiveness assessments.</li><li>Support model credibility, verification, validation, and configuration control activities by preparing and presenting technical artifacts to Validity Control Boards (VCBs), documenting model assumptions and limitations, and implementing VCB-approved changes to AFSIM and other Government-directed modeling and simulation tools.</li><li>Perform M&S and analytical evaluations, analyze resulting data, and author clear, concise reports communicating findings to Government users, warfighters, and technology developers.</li><li>Conduct survivability and mission effectiveness analysis using Government-provided software tools, including but not limited to:</li><li>AFSIM</li><li>MACE</li><li>ATCOM</li><li>SAINT</li><li>ECHO</li><li>DREAM</li><li>BlueMax</li><li>HIVE</li><li>VBMS</li><li>Other Government-directed M&S tools</li></ul><ul><li>Develop and maintain high-fidelity, large-area terrain databases to support M&S tools and survivability analyses.</li><li>Architect, manage, and administer M&S files, models, and datasets to enable secure storage, rapid retrieval, and reuse on both classified and unclassified Government systems.</li><li>Conduct optimization analyses to evaluate parameters of interest (e.g., probability of detection, survivability metrics, mission success), including identifying minimum or maximum values of defined objective functions.</li><li>Maintain familiarity with current and emerging capability development documents, operational needs statements, and related Army Aviation requirements.</li><li>Support the Government in coordinating and communicating analytical results with external stakeholders, including technology developers, operational users, and transition partners.</li></ul>Required Qualifications:<ul><li>Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen with an Active DoD Secret Clearance</li><li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Operations Research, or a related technical discipline.</li><li>Skilled in C-Sharp, C++ and related coding software</li><li>Experience supporting defense, aerospace, or government analytical efforts (or equivalent experience aligned to a Software Engineer III/IV labor category).</li><li>Demonstrated experience conducting Modeling & Simulation–based analysis, with strong emphasis on AFSIM.</li><li>Experience supporting mission effectiveness and survivability analysis in a military or defense context.</li><li>Ability to independently plan and execute analytical studies and clearly communicate technical results in written and verbal formats.</li><li>Familiarity with working in classified and unclassified DoD environments.</li></ul>  JHNA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.

John H. Northrop & Associates

Software Engineer- Physical Modeling & Simulation Engineer

Aerospace and Defense

Analysis Skills

Apiary/Beekeeping

Aviation Industry

C++ Programming Language

Change Control

Communication Skills

Computer Science

Data Analysis

DoD Secret Clearance

Documentation

Government

Integration Testing

Mace Experience

Mathematics

Metrics

Microsoft C# (C Sharp)

Military

Model Verification

Operational Audit

Operations Research

Physics

Requirements Management

Risk Analysis

Simulation

Software Administration

Software Engineering

Software Testing

Support Documentation

System Integration (SI)

Technical Presentation

Technical Support

Technology Analysis

Test Plan/Schedule

Test Scripts

Testing

Training Data Sets

United States Citizen

United States Department of Defense (DoD)

Validation Testing

Vignette

Writing Skills

Talent Acquisition

FULL_TIME

YEAR

AERMOR is seeking qualified candidates to support the facilitation of Mission Based Test Design (MBTD) processes through associated Design of Experiments (DOE) work, support post-test statistical analysis, and support Modeling and Simulation (M&S) DOE planning and Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) processes. Personnel offered as Analysts shall possess the following additional qualifications/skills:Demonstrated experience with the use of statistical design and analysis of results in a government testing or laboratory environment, which may include but is not limited to Contractor Testing (CT), Developmental Testing (DT), and OT.

Employee Type: Full-Time Location: Norfolk, VA Job Type: Modeling & Simulation Experience: 4+ Years Clearance: Secret AERMOR is seeking qualified candidates to support the facilitation of Mission Based Test Design (MBTD) processes through associated Design of Experiments (DOE) work, support post-test statistical analysis, and support Modeling and Simulation (M&S) DOE planning and Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) processes. This is not a remote position.  Responsibilities Include:  <ul><li style="margin-left:16px">Perform Mission Based Test Design (MBTD) mission analysis. </li><li style="margin-left:16px">Analyze program source data and documents to perform MBTD mission analysis.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Define and document the operational conditions applicable to the system to be tested including the associated descriptors.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Review Verification and Validation (V&V) Plans to ensure the M&S approach will provide sufficient data to support OT accreditation.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Review V&V Reports, evaluate if adequate statistical analysis techniques for M&S validation have been conducted and documented, and provide recommendations for accreditation level (full, limited or no accreditation) to support the accreditation decision.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Perform inferential statistics on the M&S output in support of the accreditation decision.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Analyze program source data and documents to perform MBTD requirements analysis.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Support and document the statistical test design.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Identify and document the expected use of (M&S) in the execution of the test design. responding to stakeholder comments on the MBTD.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Identify and document candidate critical measures/response variables, along with their associated conditions, during the Test Design portion of the MBTD process that will be supplemented by M&S data.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Develop M&S Accreditation Plans. </li><li style="margin-left:16px">Help define and document the testing scope/design and justification for all critical measures.</li></ul> Required Skills and Experience:  <ul><li style="margin-left:16px">Proficiency with MS-Office software, to include MS Word, Excel, Power Point and proficiency in technical writing.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Ability to interact effectively within the naval community.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Experience and familiarity with the DoD and DoN instructions and procedures governing the Navy and Joint acquisition process.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Working knowledge of and/or experience with tactical operations, and the mission and role of the Navy commands and units tasked to operate in a multi-threat environment.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Statistical Analysis. Personnel offered as Analysts shall possess the following additional qualifications/skills:<ul style="list-style-type:circle"><li style="margin-left:16px">Demonstrated experience with the use of statistical design and analysis of results in a government testing or laboratory environment, which may include but is not limited to Contractor Testing (CT), Developmental Testing (DT), and OT.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Demonstrated ability to apply analytical methodologies to evaluate systems undergoing test.</li></ul></li><li style="margin-left:16px">Experience related to the development of formal statistical DOE such as developing full factorial, optimal, and space filling designs; knowledge on the appropriate use of replicates; augmenting designs; and evaluating designs.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Must have experience with a broad range of statistical analysis methods applicable to testing in an operational environment to include statistical hypothesis testing and linear regression (standard least squares and logistic) modeling and desired experience with stepwise, mixed model, penalized regression, and recursive partitioning modeling techniques.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Minimum of five years’ experience in the use of statistics and/or DOE or a minimum of two years’ experience creating statistical designs for OT.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Advanced level education in a statistics-related field or a related Engineering /Science field (a minimum of 4 years’ experience in applying statistical concepts may be substituted). Graduate level or higher education is preferred.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Demonstrated experience with the application of DOE techniques and statistical validation methods to M&S to determine the level of accreditation of a model for use in system performance characterization.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Demonstrated experience with computer-aided statistical design tools, such as JMP, R, MATLAB, SAS or Design Expert.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Demonstrated expertise in scripting functions for automatic data analysis using Excel, Access and/or other database software applications.</li><li style="margin-left:16px">Demonstrated experience with the COMOPTEVFOR test planning process, M&S VV&A process, and post-test iterative process.</li></ul>  Powered by JazzHR

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